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Species Tachyerges salicis

Rhynchaenus salicis - Tachyerges salicis Rhynchaenus salicis? - Tachyerges salicis Curculionidae, lateral - Tachyerges salicis Tachyerges salicis Flea Weevil - Tachyerges salicis Tachyerges salicis Tachyerges salicis Curculionoidea - Tachyerges salicis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Curculioninae
Tribe Rhamphini (Flea Weevils)
Subtribe Rhamphina
Genus Tachyerges
Species salicis (Tachyerges salicis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhynchaenus salicis
Explanation of Names
Tachyerges salicis (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
2-2.5 mm
Range
holarctic; transcontinental in Canada and the US (except se. US) south to NC-TX-CO-CA(1)
Food
hosts: Salix, Populus(1)(2)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Works Cited
1.First record of Orchestes fagi (L.) in North America, with a checklist of the North Amercian Rhamphini
Sweeney, J., R.S. Anderson, and R.P. Webster. 2012. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66: 297-304.
2.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, I: new records from New Brunswick
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, D.F. McAlpine, & R.P. Webster. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 378-396.
3.British leafminers
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 31 January, 2008 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 24 November, 2014 - 1:34pm

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